PSG lineup vs. Bayern Munich: Predicted XI for Champions League semi-final first leg

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Vitinha remains a large wounded uncertainty for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final archetypal limb with Bayern Munich astatine the Parc des Princes.

The one-time Wolverhampton Wanderers antheral has missed PSG's past 2 Ligue 1 games with a bottommost injury, and helium was inactive being restricted to idiosyncratic grooming earlier Saturday's 3-0 triumph implicit Angers.

PSG affirmed successful their latest aesculapian update that Vitinha was making dependable progress, but the choky turnaround clip means that determination is simply a large question people hanging implicit his caput for midweek.

In brighter midfield news, Fabian Ruiz precocious returned from a two-month layoff with a genu injury, and the Spaniard is connected people to commencement the archetypal limb aft completing 45 minutes of the Angers triumph without trouble.

Ruiz, Warren Zaire-Emery and Joao Neves volition signifier the cardinal trio if Vitinha is so unavailable, but Luis Enrique's squad is different successful tip-top signifier for the archetypal leg.

Desire Doue and Nuno Mendes were some taken disconnected with injuries successful the 2-0 quarter-final second-leg triumph implicit Liverpool, but the duo rapidly shook disconnected those concerns and are looking bully for starting roles here.

An quality for Mendes would spot the 23-year-old go the youngest Portuguese subordinate to play 50 Champions League games - usurping Cristiano Ronaldo successful the process - portion skipper Marquinhos could adjacent Roberto Carlos's grounds for the astir UCL appearances by a Brazilian subordinate (120).

Paris Saint-Germain imaginable starting lineup:

Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Ruiz, Zaire-Emery, Neves; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

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